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Domain development success story: From expired domain to $22,000, but…
The way this guy cashed in on his expired domain might give you pause. The New York Times published a story today that could be considered a domain name development success story. An exciting expired-domain-to-riches story. Or something much worse. T...
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Domain development success story: From expired domain to $22,000, but…
The way this guy cashed in on his expired domain might give you pause. The New York Times published a story today that could be considered a domain name development success story. An exciting expired-domain-to-riches story. Or something much worse. T...
Discussion
January 18, 2017, 6:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
End user domain name sales, including one by a $25 billion company
$25 billion company was among domain name buyers at Sedo last week. Sedo had a great sales week. Some of the better sales still have whois privacy or are in escrow . Was BonApp.com (€15,000) the publication Bon Appetit? We can probably guess wha...
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End user domain name sales, including one by a $25 billion company
$25 billion company was among domain name buyers at Sedo last week. Sedo had a great sales week. Some of the better sales still have whois privacy or are in escrow . Was BonApp.com (€15,000) the publication Bon Appetit? We can probably guess wha...
Discussion
January 18, 2017, 4:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
Interesting UDRP involving Capital One and a “reviews” domain name
National Arbitration panelist gives nuanced discussion of using a trademark term in a domain name that could be used for criticism. Banking giant Capital One has lost a cybersquatting complaint brought against the owner of CapitalOneReviews.com, a do...
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Interesting UDRP involving Capital One and a “reviews” domain name
National Arbitration panelist gives nuanced discussion of using a trademark term in a domain name that could be used for criticism. Banking giant Capital One has lost a cybersquatting complaint brought against the owner of CapitalOneReviews.com, a do...
Discussion
January 18, 2017, 3:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
Two scheduling tools to make NamesCon a success
Here are two ways to make sure you don’t miss great content at NamesCon next week. NamesCon is just five days away! There are a lot of concurrent sessions during NamesCon, so you will definitely want to plan ahead of time. Here are two tools to...
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Two scheduling tools to make NamesCon a success
Here are two ways to make sure you don’t miss great content at NamesCon next week. NamesCon is just five days away! There are a lot of concurrent sessions during NamesCon, so you will definitely want to plan ahead of time. Here are two tools to...
Discussion
January 17, 2017, 6:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lawsuit filed to recover stolen 4-number domain names
Previous owner says two four-digit domain names were stolen. Thomas Keefe, Jr. has filed an in rem lawsuit (pdf) in U.S. federal district court to recover domain names he alleges were stolen from his eNom account. Keefe alleges that the domain names ...
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Lawsuit filed to recover stolen 4-number domain names
Previous owner says two four-digit domain names were stolen. Thomas Keefe, Jr. has filed an in rem lawsuit (pdf) in U.S. federal district court to recover domain names he alleges were stolen from his eNom account. Keefe alleges that the domain names ...
Discussion
January 17, 2017, 4:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Two scheduling tools to make NamesCon a success
Here are two ways to make sure you don’t miss great content at NamesCon next week. NamesCon is just five days away! There are a lot of concurrent sessions during NamesCon, so you will definitely want to plan ahead of time. Here are two tools to...
Discussion
Two scheduling tools to make NamesCon a success
Here are two ways to make sure you don’t miss great content at NamesCon next week. NamesCon is just five days away! There are a lot of concurrent sessions during NamesCon, so you will definitely want to plan ahead of time. Here are two tools to...
Discussion
January 17, 2017, 2:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
The Future of Domains w/ Frank Schilling – DNW Podcast #119
Will the importance of domain names decline in the future? Will AI, voice-activated devices and non-visual web browsers reduce the importance of great domains in the future? Frank Schilling comes on the show this week to respond to my prediction for ...
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The Future of Domains w/ Frank Schilling – DNW Podcast #119
Will the importance of domain names decline in the future? Will AI, voice-activated devices and non-visual web browsers reduce the importance of great domains in the future? Frank Schilling comes on the show this week to respond to my prediction for ...
Discussion
January 16, 2017, 4:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
Top Podcasts of 2016
Here are the top five podcasts from last year. This week I published the 118th weekly Domain Name Wire Podcast. Here’s a look back at the five most popular episodes from 2016: 1. WordPress creator Matt Mullenweg talks domain names (show #91) &n...
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Top Podcasts of 2016
Here are the top five podcasts from last year. This week I published the 118th weekly Domain Name Wire Podcast. Here’s a look back at the five most popular episodes from 2016: 1. WordPress creator Matt Mullenweg talks domain names (show #91) &n...
Discussion
January 13, 2017, 2:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
Want to use Escrow.com? Prepare to be verified.
New verification process is designed to meet regulations. Escrow.com has started a new verification process for its customers, both buyers and sellers. In order to send or receive payments to a personal account, users will have to provide a copy of a...
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Want to use Escrow.com? Prepare to be verified.
New verification process is designed to meet regulations. Escrow.com has started a new verification process for its customers, both buyers and sellers. In order to send or receive payments to a personal account, users will have to provide a copy of a...
Discussion
January 12, 2017, 10:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Analyzing new top level domain registrations by country (Part 2)
Once again, we’re looking at how the world is embracing new TLDs – country by country. Last time, I compared each nation’s nTLD footprint with its online population, calculating a ratio of overrepresentation / underre...
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Analyzing new top level domain registrations by country (Part 2)
Once again, we’re looking at how the world is embracing new TLDs – country by country. Last time, I compared each nation’s nTLD footprint with its online population, calculating a ratio of overrepresentation / underre...
Discussion
January 12, 2017, 7:55 pm
